Tom Blyth Is Ready For More Romantic Comedies After People We Meet On Vacation (Except)
Tom Blyth loves moving from darker roles to leading a romantic comedy.
“I think I was just ready to do something fun,” Blyth, 30, exclusively told the outlet. Us every week about playing in People we meet on vacationwhile attending the premiere of the film on Tuesday January 6. “I’m ready to do something light.”
Before playing Alex in the romance based on Emilie Henrifrom the bestselling novel of the same name, Blyth starred in The hunger games prequel movie The Ballad of Songbirds and Serpents as a young version of the villainous Coriolanus Snow. Blyth also played the title character in the western series. Billy the Kid and most recently appeared in the 2025s In civilian clothes.
“I had done a lot of serious stuff back to back and I was kind of ready to do something that was going to uplift my soul a little bit,” he explained.
Unlike his previous projects, People we meet on vacationpremiering on Netflix on Friday, January 9, is a light-hearted story of unlikely best friends, Alex and Poppy (Emily Bader), who become traveling companions. But as life becomes more hectic, their dynamics change and their feelings begin to intensify.
While preparing for his first-ever romantic comedy role, Blyth decided to channel the genre’s classic leading men.
“All the old classics from the ’80s were my inspiration,” he said. We. “Billy Crystal In [When] Harry met Sallywe can’t help but notice the kind of homage we were playing with the automotive scene [when Alex and Poppy first meet].”
Blyth was also inspired by Tom Hanks‘representations in You’ve got mail And Insomnia in Seattle. (As for his dream partner? Elizabeth Taylor.)
According to the actor, a good old-fashioned romantic comedy is exactly what the world needs “right now.” He added that it was refreshing to change pace in his career and get into the mindset of a more lovable character.
Matthew McConaughey. Heath Ledger. Tom Hanks. Hugh Grant. You’d be hard-pressed to find an A-list actor in the ’80s, ’90s, or early ’80s who didn’t dip their toe in the romantic comedy pool. Films like You’ve Got Mail, Notting Hill and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days dominated the cinematic landscape and raked in box office revenues. […]
“I think we can take ourselves very seriously sometimes. And I’ve certainly been guilty of that at times,” Blyth said. We. “And I think it’s definitely worth it to do something fun every once in a while and to remember that what we do for a living is playful and fun and luxurious and to build on that and love.”
Bader, 29, echoed similar sentiments regarding the romantic comedy’s return to the pop culture zeitgeist.
“This genre means a lot to a lot of people. I think we can ask something from every genre of film. And I think the rom-com genre can be complex and have real character development and make you feel a lot of things,” Bader said exclusively. We. “I hope that by looking at the greats that we are so inspired by, that we can get closer to the feeling that I had as a child watching them for the people who watch this film, then I will be happy.
People we meet on vacation is on Netflix now.
